- Location
- East Essexshire
I got hold of some recycled plasterboard gypsum several years ago, when the landfill restriction was first talked about, and it was all a bit experimental. I spread it with a muckspreader at 50 tons an acre-ish on some horrible numb undrained clay, and it transformed it! Obviously you can't change the fact that it's sticky clay that you steer clear of in the wet, but the window of opportunity to get on it has gone from almost none, to one of the best bits on the farm.
The factory recycling it was new to the game, and so I had a bit to do with tweaking the product, and we went from the first stuff being like a dust, which would probably be best for low rates and fast dissolving, to a much courser mix, with lumps up to half an inch which spread better and gave a slow release.
Many years down the line, and I don't regret doing it one bit, and if we were free to do it again, I'd plaster the whole farm in it at the same rate again!
The factory recycling it was new to the game, and so I had a bit to do with tweaking the product, and we went from the first stuff being like a dust, which would probably be best for low rates and fast dissolving, to a much courser mix, with lumps up to half an inch which spread better and gave a slow release.
Many years down the line, and I don't regret doing it one bit, and if we were free to do it again, I'd plaster the whole farm in it at the same rate again!
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